The Belanthian Calendar

Created by the Bureau of Timekeeping at the Librarium Magnifica in Zendril, The Belanthosian Calendar is a solar calendar that divides the year into even months consisting of three tenday weeks. Once every six years the calendar is adjusted to account for an extra month's worth of days that has accumulated. This sixth year is known as a Year of the Dragon and has an extra month, Wyrm.

Though the longer lived races of dwarves and elves find the keeping of such short time spans tedious, the calendar has been adopted throughout Belanthos.

Solar Cycle

  • 12 Months (13 in Year of the Dragon)
  • 30 days per month (3 tendays)
  • Year of the Dragon - every 6 years

Seasons, Months, and Holy Days

Spring

Bel

  • Beltane - Bel 1 (founding of Synque)

Gul

  • Ancestors' Day Gul 26

Jax

  • Tor's Day - Jax 19 (founding of Jaxstein)

Summer

Kai

  • Highsummer - Kai 1 (founding of Belanthia)

Wyrm*

  • Bedlam - Wyrm 5

Zav

  • Gaav's Crown Zav 14 (founding of the the Gaavryxidun Federation)

Gyb

  • Catalog Day - Gyb 7 (founding of the Library and Zendril)
  • Architects Day - Gyb 15

Autumn

Aesh

  • Shewane - Aesh 1

Jul

  • Mummers' Day - Jul 18

Hel

  • Light's Descent - Hel 20

Winter

Ava

  • Winter's Night - Ava 1

Vra

  • Midwinter - Vra 15

Bal

  • Year's End - Bal 30


*This month and its holiday occur only in a Year of the Dragon